2. Animatics
• Follows storyboard stage
• Shows how scene will look with movement,
timings, sound and transitions.
• Helps with the planning and editing stage.
• Helps see how filming would look and if it
meets its brief.
• Photomatics – same as above but photos
rather than drawings/animations
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3. Why animatics?
• The exam board say so!
• Demonstrates:
– Technological skills
– Understanding of conventions
– Range of use of ICT
• Example:
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5. ELS – Snowy
scene
Pan around snowy
scene. Zigzag to...
Fade from black.
None – Title on
screen
High angle. Medium
shot. Baby having
shoes put on.
Cut to ...
None
Camera follow
(tracking)
None
One snowy day, a little girl was
taken out into the cold woods
The Masterplan by Oasis
High angle, long
shot. Child alone.
High angle. Long
shot. Baby being
led outside.
The Masterplan
fade out.
Close up on snow
monster.
Close up, eye level
on scared child.
Fade from black.
Fade from black.
Bird’s Eye. Long
shot. Look down
on baby.
Camera still.
Grainy effect. Slow
motion
High (ish) angle. Medium
close up. Baby’s wellies
and on footprints.
Camera still.
Zoom out to ...
None
The child was left
abandoned in the snow
Footsteps on snow
Long shot, high
angle. Rescuer.
Medium long shot. Eye
level. Hero with child
Fade from black.
SUDDENLY, out of
nowhere ...
Fade from black.
Fade from black.
A mysterious hero,
rescued the girl.
Fade from black.
Roar of the snow
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Scream of child
‘My hero’ by Foo Fighters fades in to end.
6. 1
Image:
Extreme Long Shot – showing snowy scene
Transition:
Panning round the scene. Zigzag opening to frame 2.
Effects:
Fade in from black.
Voiceover/Wording:
Title on the screen
Soundtrack/audio:
‘The Masterplan’ by Oasis.
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7. 2
Image:
High angle. Medium shot. Baby having shoes put on.
Transition:
Cut to frame 3.
Effects:
Fade in from black.
Voiceover/Wording:
‘One snowy day, a little girl was taken out into
the cold woods’ – This appears just before this image.
Soundtrack/audio:
‘The Masterplan’ by Oasis continues
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8. How to Create Movie Maker storyboard
1. Open Movie Maker.
2. Click on ‘Add photo/video’
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9. 3. Select the pictures you wish to use.
4. Click on Open when chosen.
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10. The pictures will appear
on the ‘pin-board’ in the
movie maker screen.
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create a digital
storyboard
5. Click the mouse on the image you wish to use first and
drag it to the position on the pin board.
11. Repeat step 4 and 5 until you have placed
your images onto the storyboard in the
order you want them.
6. You will then need to select the ‘EDIT’ tab to change
length of each frame.
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12. You can now start adding effects and transitions to your digital
storyboard.
Transitions:
7. Click on the
‘Animations ’ option on
the tab on the top left
of the screen.
8. A range of effects will
appear underneath. To
see all, click the down
arrow.
9. For each frame,
consider how it will
move from one to
another.
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13. Pan and Zoom (how the
camera moves within
the frame):
10. Click on the ‘pan and
zoom’ option on the
menu on the right of
the screen.
11.A range of camera
movements will appear
when you click the
drop down arrow’.
12.To add an effect,
click on the icon. A
preview will appear in
the viewing screen.
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14. Adding effects
13. To select the options for slide/frame
effects (e.g. Negative effect, mirror
image etc) click on the VISUAL EFFECT
tab.
14. Choose the effect you feel is needed
(again a preview will come up in the
viewing screen)’
15. You can also choose to have multiple
effects for a frame’. Click the drop down
arrow, then select MULTIPLE EFFECTS.
16. Select the effects for the slide you wish
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15. Adding audio/music
17. Click on ‘ADD MUSIC’ from the
options in the ‘home’ tab and select
the location of the music file.
18.Choose the song/audio clip you want
and click ‘OPEN’
19.The sound appears in the ‘pin-board’
underneath the images.
20.To edit the music length/volume etc,
double click on the sound track (the
green line) on the pin board and see
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the page.
16. Adding sound/Narration
21. To add audio or
narration select
the option ‘record
narration’ and
choose from the
relevant drop down
option.
22.To record a voiceover, connect a
microphone to the
computer and
select record
option.
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17. Adding Captions to the film/story board
23.Select the option on the home tab
– ‘Captions’.
24.Edit the text box (on the preview
box) as desired – the text will
appear in the box under the
selected frame.
25.To edit the
style/movement/font/size/timing
etc of the writing, choose from
the options along the top.
26.To move the text to a different
frame/place, click and drag the
pink box to desired place.
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18. Adding Titles/credits to the film/story board
27.Select the option on the
home tab – ‘Titles’ or
‘Credits’ (depending on
whether you want writing
BEFORE or AFTER the film.
28.Edit the Title as required
and use options at top to
change
font/size/style/movement
etc
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19. The completed storyboard
Imported
images used in
the project.
Preview
screen.
Play button to
watch your work.
•Image/video
clips.
•Music/Sound
•Writing add to frames
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21. Saving your work – saving the project file
Go to File (top left hand
corner of the programme).
Select ‘Save Project As’
Give the project a name.
Click on SAVE
** NOTE – If you then save/copy this file onto
a memory stick/email it home, you WILL LOSE
all your images.
If you want your finished film, follow the steps
on the next page.
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This is ONLY to save the project on the location
you are working – if you are working on a school
computer, you will be able to access this work at
any school computer. **
22. Saving your work – making it a movie file (final stage)
1. Once your work is
completed, select
the blue tab(file
tab).
1. Select ‘SAVE MOVIE’.
2. Click on ‘FOR
COMPUTER’.
3. Click on ‘OK’
5. The computer will
publish your work.
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A green bar will
appear to show
how long this will
take.
4. Name the file and
choose the location
to save to.
Click ‘SAVE’
6. When this box appears,
Your work is all saved!
23. This is what the
published file
should look like.
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26. Have a go...
• Set of images on Shared area.
• Use them to create a storyboard.
Consider transitions, camera
movement/shots, text, sound, Music
etc.
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